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Install tfsort with Homebrew, Nix

CLI to sort Terraform variables and outputs. Version 0.7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#tfsort.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install tfsort

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Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#tfsort

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/tf/tfsort/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

CLI to sort Terraform variables and outputs

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

tfsort

history

Project history and usage

tfsort is a small Terraform/HCL formatting utility. Its README describes a CLI for alphabetically sorting Terraform `variable`, `output`, `locals`, and `terraform` blocks, while also cleaning spacing and leading or trailing newlines.

Project history

The project was created by Alexander Nabokikh and is distributed as a Go-based command-line tool. Its release page shows continuing releases through v0.7.1 in July 2025.

Adoption history

The README documents installation through Homebrew, Nix, Chocolatey, Go install, binary releases, and source builds. The input metadata records Homebrew and Nix packaging.

How it is used

The package-nerd use case is local cleanup of Terraform repositories: run `tfsort` on a file, feed it stdin, or process a directory recursively. The README documents dry-run mode and recursive processing while skipping `.git`, `.terraform`, and `.terragrunt-cache`.

Why package nerds care

tfsort sits in the small-tool layer around Terraform: it does not replace `terraform fmt`, but gives users a packageable CLI for opinionated ordering of common HCL blocks in `.tf`, `.hcl`, and `.tofu` files.

Timeline

2023-02-24: The GitHub releases page lists tfsort v0.2.1.
2025-07-14: The GitHub releases page lists tfsort v0.7.1.
2026: The input metadata records tfsort in Homebrew and Nix.

Related projects

tfsort is adjacent to Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, and other HCL formatting or linting tools used before review and CI.

Sources

https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/tfsort README
https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/tfsort/releases
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security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`tfsort`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version0.7.1

manager updated2026-07-26

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tfsort
Version	0.7.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/tfsort
Repository	https://github.com/AlexNabokikh/tfsort
Last updated	2026-07-26T00:50:39+02:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

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Nix95%

tfsort

nix profile install nixpkgs#tfsort

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Matched by: Tfsort

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tf/tfsort/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

source trail

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/tfsort.yml

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